Meet the Directors

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I left school at 16 and worked in the kitchen industry for 2-3 years selling kitchens door-to-door. After that, I moved to Autoglass where I was promoted to a sales manager. I joined SBS in July 1992 as a driver, and then in roles in the warehouse and in the tube store. I served customers on the trade counter and then went on to work in the sales office, before becoming the Associate Director in 1999. After learning about all aspects of the business throughout my career, I became the Joint Managing director in 2006, and then finally the Managing Director in 2017.

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I joined the business back in 1988 where I covered multiple financial roles within the Smith Brothers umbrella. After the turn of the millenium, the accelerating growth of the business became apparent, and I was promoted to Financial Director of SBS Ltd. I oversee all accounts, transport and property decisions within the business, and my role has grown significantly with the expansion of the company.

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In 1977 I started working at R.Pochin & Son (now Pochin) a local plumbing and heating merchant. From 1981 I worked out the same premises, over an 18-year period (due to ownership changes). One of the companies was PTS, where I worked as a Sales Manager of the East Midlands region. In 1999, I moved across to Smith Brothers, where I obviously remain today. I have turned my hand at numerous job roles over the years but I specialise in sales, becoming Director in 2005.

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I’ve been working within the HVAC industry since 2005. I started my HVAC career at A O Smith as a Sales Engineer and worked my way up to National Sales Manager.  I then had the opportunity to join Daikin who are a large Multi-National Company, where I worked on specification sales for 3 years before joining SBS.  I started at SBS in November 2016, as an Area Sales Mananger for Birmingham. Since then, I have worked my way from Joint Branch Manager, Regional Manager and to now Director.  I really believe in what the company stands for and genuinely think that this is only the start of the journey for SBS.  The key has been and always will be the staff.

I am also happily married to my amazing wife Kim.

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I started out as an Irrigation Systems Fitter, and then I moved to the commercial and mechanical sector working as an Area Sales Representative for Brown & Tawse in 1989. In December 1996, Wolseley substantially acquired Brown & Tawse, and I spent the following two years as Branch Manager for Pipe Center in Leeds. I then joined Warrens, an independent one outlet operation in Oldham, until it opened up further branches in Leeds. Birmingham and London. In December 2005, Warrens was sold to BSS. I then joined Smith Brothers in June 2006 and the rest is history as they say…

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I left school to become an Apprentice Pipefitter Welder for a local Sheffield company called Woodward & Co. I worked on the tools for 12 years before joining Wolseley – Control Center as Sales Engineer covering the Sheffield & Hull branches.

Subsequently, I travelled up the road to Leeds to join Warrens, (where many others from the SBS team have worked). After my time at Warrens, I left distribution and went into the world of manufacturing where I spent the next 15 years with A O Smith Water Heaters & Hamworthy Boilers, before joining SBS in 2019. So all in all, I’ve been working in this wonderful industry since 1989….

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I joined SBS in September 2006 after Warren’s acquisition by BSS (nine months earlier). Initially, I started as a Branch Manager for the new Oldham branch which opened in October 2006, before joining the board in 2008. I am currently responsible for six branches that are: Glasgow, Leeds, Merseyside, Newcastle, Oldham and Sheffield.

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